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Coccidioidomycosis

Coccidioidomycosis (also known as Valley fever and California valley fever) is a fungal disease caused by Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides posadasii. It is endemic in certain parts of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and northwestern Mexico. more...

C. immitis resides in the soil in certain parts of the southwestern United States, northern Mexico, and a few other areas in the Western Hemisphere. Infection is caused by inhalation of airborne, fungal particles known as arthroconidia, which are a form of spore. The disease is not transmitted from person to person.

CoccidioidomycosisCoccidioidomycosis is an infection caused by inhaling the microscopic spores of the fungus Coccidioides immitis. Spores are the tiny, thick-walled ...From Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine,
4/6/01
by Tish Davidson

Coccidioidomycosis in New York StateCharacteristics of coccidioidomycosis, a systemic fungal disease caused by Coccidioiodes immitis, has been studied in New York State using hospital discharge ...From Emerging Infectious Diseases,
1/1/00
by Vishnu Chaturvedi

EXPERIMENTAL VACCINES AGAINST COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSISCole, G.T. Medical College of Ohio, USA Coccidioides is a fungal pathogen of humans which can cause a life-threatening respiratory disease in immunocompetent ...From Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo,
10/1/05
by Cole, G T